Australian Water Polo League replays: Cronulla v Hunter, Balmain v Cronulla

REPLAYS: One was a win Balmain are proud to take, the other a thriller between the Tigers and Cronulla. Watch some terrific Australian water polo league action here.

The Cronulla men's team at the KAP7 Cup in Sydney. Pic: Supplied

There was some great action in the Australian water polo league on Sunday with two entertaining but vastly different games played out between the Cronulla Sharks and the UTS Balmain Tigers.

These matches were fought out in Sydney on Sunday with Balmain winning both encounters.

Replays of Saturday’s two big wins by Cronulla in the Australian water polo league can also be watched below.

BALMAIN TIGERS V CRONULLA SHARKS MEN

Balmain took control of the match played at Ashfield early to set up their 11-8 win over the Cronulla Sharks after their venue was changed from Dawn Fraser pool due to recent bad weather.

The Tigers took a 3-2 jump into the first break and then lead 6-3 at halftime and 8-4 heading into the final period.

“Any Sydney team we play is a high level of water polo and we need to bring it or we will lose,’’ said Balmain’s Jordon Kremers-Taylor.

“What was pleasing for me was that was the first game I have seen that we played at our best from the start.

“It traditionally takes a quarter of two to find our momentum. This game we felt in charge.’’

“There was no moment in the game we didn’t feel in control.’’

Balmain shared the scoring around with Mitch Robinson topscoring with three and Kremers-Taylor netting two.

BALMAIN TIGERS V CRONULLA SHARKS WOMEN

Balmain predicted it would be a good close battle and that’s exactly what the women’s Australian water polo league match between the Tigers and Cronulla Sharks was at Ashfield on Sunday.

In one of the closest matches fought out between Sydney clubs in the competition, Balmain went up 3-1 early but were level at 3-3 by halftime.

After a tit-for-tat third, Balmain just edged ahead to take a 6-5 lead into the final period.

Two quick goals in the fourth put Balmain back in the drivers seat with the Tigers eventually taking the match 11-9.

“It was what we thought it would be, a high-scoring close match,’’ said Balmain’s Katie Dudley.

“It was good to see how well we got together in the high pressure situations.

“You always know it will come down to the final quarter but everyone stuck to the game plan and didn’t freak out.’’

Olivia Mitchell topscored for Balmain with three goals. Allie Loomis scored four for the Sharks.

REPLAY OF CRONULLA SHARKS V HUNTER HURRICANES MEN

An impressive five-goal individual haul from Ben Matthews helped the Cronulla Sharks men’s side to their 18-8 trouncing of the Hunter Hurricanes in the second of Saturday’s Australian water polo league live stream matches.

The Sharks dominated the match from the start, ending a tightly contested first period up 4-3, extending this to an 8-4 lead at halftime, before taking a 13-6 jump into the final quarter.

Ugljesa Mihailovic scored three goals for the Sharks while Milos Maksimovic smashed in two in the first quarter.

Corey Allen was outstanding for the Hurricanes with his own individual haul of five goals.

REPLAY OF CRONULLA SHARKS V HUNTER HURRICANES WOMEN

The Cronulla Sharks women produced an emphatic and entertaining 14-6 win to kick off the Australian water polo league live stream action on Saturday.

Dani Jackovich was the star of the game - scoring two goals in the opening minutes and four by halftime. She left the pool at game end with five goals.

Cronulla lead their Hunter Hurricane rivals from the start, up 4-2 at the end of the first break, 6-4 at halftime and 10-5 going into the final period.

Jo Whitehorn, Claudia Abad and Bianca Smith contributed two each to Cronulla.

Emma Preece and Amali Jarrett both scored two goals each for the Hurricanes.

REPLAY:WATCH LAST ROUND MATCHES

Cronulla have a team which has been rebuilding for some time. Pic: Supplied

WEEKEND PREVIEW OF LIVE STREAM MATCHES

After a few years of rebuilding, the Cronulla Sharks know exactly what has let them down in matches in the Australian Water Polo League this season.

Young gun Tristan Glanznig said he and his teammates are hoping to address the issue in a packed weekend of Australian Water Polo League matches being live streamed on News Corp websites.

“We have to win both games,’’ said Miranda player Glanznig ahead of the round.

“We’ve been training quite a lot recently but we are still trying to cash in on all that work.

“Our biggest problem is we have been rebuilding for the last two to three years.

“Our biggest struggle is the mental mindset of winning games. There’s a massive difference between losing by one and winning by one.

“We have to get used to finishing off. We have to learn how to win”

Going into the weekend the Cronulla Sharks men’s side boasts four wins, one loss and six five losses and sit in fifth place on the a AWL ladder behind the Magpies, WSL Thunder, the Drummoyne Devils and Sydney Uni Lions

Balmain is in sixth place with four wins and six losses while the Hunter Hurricanes are in seventh with two wins from 10 games.

The Cronulla women’s side sit in third place behind Queensland Thunder and the Balmain Tigers and boast six wins, one draw and three losses.

Balmain has eight wins, one loss and one draw.

Maddison Schmid from Balmain. Pic: Supplied

Balmain’s Katie Dudley is expecting a tight and entertaining tussle with the Cronulla Sharks women in Sunday’s games.

“It will be a really good weekend. We only won by one goal the last time we met so it will be pretty evenly matched,“ she said.

However we have lost a couple of our players to the Australian team in Sienna Hearn and our goalie Gen Longman.

“Some of the young girls will have to step up which is exciting.

“They are well rounded, a strong team.”

The American, is one of the top goalscorers in the women’s Australian Water Polo League with 22 this season.

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